New compensation for Kinder

The Association of Jewish Refugees welcomes the announcement by the Claims Conference that the German government will pay a one-time compensation award to the child refugees who came to Britain on the Kindertransport.

Eligible Kinder will receive a one-time payment of Euros 2,500, approximately £2,250. Receipt of previous compensation awards will have no bearing on eligibility for this payment and there is no income limit for eligible applicants, who can contact the AJR for assistance with completing the forms.

Kindertransport-AJR Chairman, Sir Erich Reich, said: “I am sure my fellow Kinder will join me in expressing our appreciation for this gesture payment from the German government.

“While no amount of money can ever compensate for our emotional or material losses, this award recognises our experience of being separated as children from our parents and having to live in an alien country with a foreign language and culture, and the unique story and act of rescue of the Kindertransport.”

More information on eligibility criteria.

The Kindertransport Fund Application Form can be accessed here.